POLISH FILM director Filip Maciejewicz said that shooting a film in Bataan is a great experience.

“It’s so different. It’s a different setting – it’s the jungle, it’s those small streets, it’s the people, it’s the different color of green that you have here. In movies we call it production value. It has a great production value here,” sabi sa amin ni Filip during lunch break from his shooting of an indie film, Treasure Hunters in Balanga, Bataan.

“Of course it’s a long story of movies being shot here. Apocalypse Now was shot here. I am a big fan of those movies and when I first saw some pictures of the Philippines, of the places we could be shooting, I fell in love instantly,” sabi niya.

“It has the element of truth. It shows the Philippines the right way, how it is. It has a historical setting, it has a historical background. We wanted to show real Philippines, not sweet candy and full of tourists.”

Of course, natikman na ni Filip ang ating world-famous balut.

“Yes, I did. It took me some time to get into that but I finally managed. It’s interesting, definitely interesting, definitely something else. It was a big fun and I love it. The cultures are so different with the US. You have to kind of eat balut to know that.”